Dewey Starkey

{{short description|American film director}}

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| name = Dewey Starkey

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1898|5|9}}

| birth_place = Ohio

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1974|9|3|1898|5|9}}

| death_place = Orange County, California

| occupation = Film director

| yearsactive = 1930 - 1944

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Dewey Starkey (May 9, 1898 – September 3, 1974) was an American assistant director. He worked on 41 films between 1930 and 1944. He won an Academy Award in 1933 for Best Assistant Director.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1934 |title=The 6th Academy Awards (1934) Nominees and Winners |access-date=February 4, 2012 |publisher=Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111073712/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1934 |archive-date=November 11, 2014 }} He was born in Ohio and died in Orange County, California.